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We took our kids last Saturday to downtown Sao Paulo to check Antony Gormley’s show at CCBB. But the best was to see my children having a lot of fun. They were so interested that they even forgot it was … Continue reading
The auction went very well, with more than 80% of the lots sold. For Brazilian art it was a great night. Sergio Camargo (Homenagem a Fontana) sold for $1.5 million, twice the estimate. A small Mira Schendel also sold for … Continue reading
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All Brazilian works but a Fukushima sold this morning/afternoon at Christie’s New York. Guignard sold for seven times the estimate prize. A 1994 Zerbini sold for $92.500, a tiny Willys de Castro sold for $50.000. Leda Catunda also sold for … Continue reading
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Latam art pieces continue to be very well bid. It was in the SP Arte and it was yesterday at Christie’s. People are running towards good art works, I have no doubt about it. For the night session Christie’s sold … Continue reading
This is probably the best show I have seen in years. The way it was curated, works were displayed, could guide us with surgical precision through the life of Francesca Woodman. All her pictures are simply and beautiful. It was not difficult to see her suffering, her loneliness and her despair. This great artists produced only a few years, before her suicide at the age of 22.
It’ s been a while since I saw this article. It is an excellent article that explains everything I believe is important about what is going on in the art market. It talks about low interest rates, collection strategy, aesthetics, curating, nurturing new talents, consumption, decoration and justification of wealth. All points above are key for the formation of the art market. All of them are necessary and we cannot exclude a single one. I will stop my comments here. Read the article, it really worth reading.
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Market continued to be very busy. This year, in particular, I saw interest for the established Brazilian artists. The supply of good works was very limited.
There were no “toquinhos” from Sergio Camargo. There was only one medium marble that was sold quickly.
Mira Schendell was also poorly supplied. From the golden works I saw only two good canvas. There were a few textures, but nothing exciting. And I did not see the beautiful paper works.
Raimundo Collares, Gibis, was also poorly offered. I saw a tiny one and a project one. But there was a great watercolor that find a final hand in minutes.
I believe that the supply of the established artists will be less and less and prices will continue to move up.
Regarding the living artists, Antonio Dias had a few great pieces, some of them at R$1mm mark. Arthur Luiz Piza most beautiful carpet was sold at the fair at an undisclosed amount.
In the contemporary side of the fair, there was a lot of action, but I believe the busy galleries were the most established ones in the international markets. I did not see a lot of great works available.
And the foreigners played an important role in the fair this year. Elvira Gonzales brought great pieces, White Cube showed its high profile portfolio but Casas Riegner had the best to offer.
Casas Riegner brought a simple and very conceptual set of works including Mateo Lopez, Bernardo Ortiz and Johanna Calle.
Pay attention to Sprovieri from Rio. They showed beautiful pieces.
My final reading is that the good artists were not well offered and people rushed to pick them up. The market is slowly decanting the good and the not so good.
